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Difficult to see how a government agency would not be breaching the first amendment by doing that.
by tus666 4y ago
Difficult to see how a government agency would not be breaching the first amendment by doing that.
- dredmorbius 4y ago1. Flagging != removal. Flagging raises awareness of issues with content to the actual moderation team and/or algorith. The removal process remains with YouTube. 2. There are governments not subject to the US Constitution and its First Amendment. The actual story here is that flagging seems to be increasingly a capability that's being withdrawn from ordinary, or even selectively chosen, YouTube users, and instead is being permitted only to specifically chosen groups and organisations.
- tus666 4y ago1. I doubt such a facile argument would fly in court. 2. True.
- dredmorbius 4y agoCan you cite any cases in which expressing an opinion via a government agency or office has been deemed a 1st amendment infringement in the US?
- tus666 4y agoYou obviously have a poor understanding of the law, because intent matters. Flagging content with the intention of having it censored or removed would certainly fall foul of the constitution.
- dredmorbius 4y agoIt seems you didn't understand my question, as that's not at all what I'd said, nor asked. Do you in fact have a precedential case citation?
- tus666 4y agoDo I need one to have an opinion on the law or what might result? No I don't.
- dredmorbius 4y agoIs it truly so difficult to answer a simple yes or no question?
- tus666 4y agoIt's not a real question as it based on a false assumption and a straw-man analogy. I never claimed my opinion was based on a specific case so I have nothing to defend against.
- dredmorbius 4y agoI can assure you that it was a question born of curiousity as to whether or not you had any basis in fact or legal precedent for your claim. It's overwhelmingly apparent you don't. I'm satisfied by your response to that regard. Good chatting with you.
- tus666 4y agoThere are facts beyond specific legal precedent, if such a concept is within your limited cognitive grasp.
- salawat 4y agoFlagging is literally the first step to organized censorship. Tired of this boiling the frog nonsense. I'm really beginning to understand the "Not One Inch" people, because it seems like the continued erosion of American Civil Rights, and Western Liberalism is done one inch at a time through flimsy lashing out at the Undesirables of the time.